The 28-year-old had been travelling from Nantes to his new club Cardiff City when the plane went missing, with pilot David Ibbotson the only other person on board. Chants of “Emiliano Sala, he’s Argentinian and he doesn’t give up on anything, Emiliano Sala, Emiliano Sala, Emiliano Sala”, rang out throughout the match. Sala scored 42 league goals in 120 appearances for Nantes before signing for Cardiff in a 17-million-euro ($19.3-million) move. Nantes coach, fans in tears over disappearance of SalaHe had visited his former teammates in Nantes on January 21 to say goodbye before flying towards Cardiff on the Piper PA-46 Malibu plane. Hundreds of Nantes fans had held a vigil in the French city last week shortly after the first searches had failed to find the player.

Source: The Express Tribune January 31, 2019 07:41 UTC